MRCPsych: Syllabus
The content for the MRCPsych Paper I Written examination includes:
- General Adult
- History and mental state examination
- Cognitive assessment
- Neurological examination
- Assessment
- Aetiology
- Diagnosis
- Classification
- Basic Psychopharmacology
- Basic psychological processes
- Human psychological development
- Social psychology
- Description and measurement
- Basic psychological treatments
- Prevention of psychiatric disorder
- Descriptive psychopathology
- Dynamic psychopathology
- History of psychiatry
- Basic ethics and philosophy of psychiatry
- Stigma and culture
MRCPsych Paper II Written examination
The content for the MRCPsych Paper II Written examination includes:
- General Adult
- General principles of psychopharmacology (pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics)
- Psychotropic drugs
- Adverse reactions
- Evaluation of treatments
- Neuropsychiatry (physiology, endocrinology, chemistry, anatomy, pathology)
- Genetics
- Statistics and research (basic)
- Epidemiology
- Advanced Psychological Processes and Treatments
MRCPsych Paper III Written examination
The content for the MRCPsych Paper III Written examination includes:
- General Adult
- Research methods
- Evidence based practice
- Statistics
- Critical Appraisal
- Clinical Topics
- Liaison
- Forensic
- Addiction
- Child and adolescent
- Psychotherapy
- Learning disability
- Rehabilitation